2 Dec 1989: Quarterback Andre Ware #11 of the Houston Cougars in action during a game against the Rice Owls in Houston, Texas. The Houston Cougars won the game 64-0.

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Andre Ware won the Heisman Trophy in 1989 as quarterback of the University of Houston Cougars.

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In a bad day for the home team, UH quarterback Andre Ware is carried off the Rice Stadium turf by his teammates after a 64-0 Cougars' victory on Dec. 2, 1989. Shortly after the game, he was named winner of the Heisman Trophy.

For all the yards Heisman Trophy winner Andre Ware piled up at the University of Houston, it was only a matter of time before he got his own permanent spot on the field.

UH honored Ware on Sunday by unveiling an 11-yard marker – in honor of his jersey number – in the southeast corner of TDECU Stadium.

"I just happened to be the guy who got the keys to one of the greatest cars in the history of college football," Ware said.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Ware becoming the first African-American quarterback to win college football's most prestigious award. He threw for 4,699 yards and 44 touchdowns in the Cougars' Run-N-Shoot offense as a junior in 1989.